Oswego County man admits guilt in Syracuse police chase case

Syracuse, NY - An Oswego County man admitted his guilt today in connection with a police chase that occurred after he tried to run down a couple of Syracuse police officers in a stolen vehicle.

Scott Carpenter, 47, of Hastings, pleaded guilty today before state Supreme Court Justice John Brunetti to felony charges of first-degree reckless endangerment and fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and a misdemeanor count of third-degree unlawfully fleeing the police in a motor vehicle.

The charges stem from an incident Sept. 18 in which authorities said Carpenter attempted to run down two city police officers on a sidewalk in the 200 block of Pond Street. One of the officers fired his service revolver into the vehicle as Carpenter drove off, leading police on a chase through the neighborhoods in the northern part of the city.

After the chase was called off, police later found the stolen pickup truck abandoned in a wooded area near Carpenter's home. Carpenter was found a short time later hiding in the attic of a relative's home, police reported.

Although the District Attorney's Office was looking for a state prison sentence for Carpenter, Brunetti promised the defendant a sentence of one year in the Onondaga County Correctional Facility in Jamesville.